The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-05

the transfer OF the United States bar
racks a. Baton Rouge to the Louisiana
State University; to amend an act for
the mutter and pay Of certain officers,
30 that any person dolly commissioned,
whether the commission WAS received |
or not, shall be considered to have
been commissioned from the date
named in the commission; referrii
to the Court OF Claims and the claims |
growing out OF Gen. Johnston's Utah
expedition; TO suthorzs the delivery
TO their owners Of valuable boxes de- |
post, d in the Treasury by the Secre- |
tary Of War; for the issue of postal |
notes in sums less than S.; to validate |
the general lawssof DAKOTA regarding |
the incorporation of insurance COM
panies; horiSing the Secretary OF
the Interior to extend the time for the
raSment OF purchase money on the
0toe and Miss luri Indian lands; to
provide q s;hDol of instruction for
cavalry aud light artillery to provide
for the inspection of tobacco, cigars
and snuff and to REPEAL section 3l5l
Revised Statutes; to permit the free
entry OF goods for the exposition OF
the u nits Sta es Botlers' Assoc alton
to IF 'ct q reayrangemel OF the grades
of office in tho Adjutsnt Generals
Department; to provide for filing the
office OF United States Treasurer in
the absence OF Treasurer and Assistant
T'eisu ers; to make Cape Charles
@ ty, Mo, a part of entry; to allow
merchandise liable to specific
rates of duty to be trans
ported in bind, although the
melcIaudiss may not app ar by
the invoice to be Consigned to the
port desired; to all underwriters to
be recognized as cousigne Of mer.
chsndiss on abandoned vessels; to re-
strict owne' ship of lands in the Terri.
. tories to American citizens; to amend
tbs act dividing Missouri into two
| Judicial districts, AMI TO divide it into
eastern and ives ern divisions and
establish courts therein; to Ir)hib t
government employees from hiring or
contracting ont the labt I United
States pr soners; to ameud the duti-
able goo Is act 30 as to allow merchan-
disc to be transp )rted in bond on pas.
senger trains in saf,s 8, pouches, trunks
and in parcels; to provide for holding
terms of court in Tex ak ana to amend
the act prohibiting the importation
and immigra ion of.foreigners under
labor coulr cts; for an additional AS.
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court
OF Wy oming; providing for this loca-
ton of branch 30 diers' home west
Of the Rocky m ountains I the relief
OF the Jeanette sufferers ;amendatory
Of the act dividing Illinois into judi
cisl districts, and providing for the
holding of terms of cou't OF Peoria;
relative to contested elections; for the
employment Of mail messengers in
in the psetal service; to loan articles
in the Government departments
to the Minnesota Industrial Expo
sition; to REGULATE the juris'
die ion OF the United States Circuit
Courts; for the adjustment of land
grants and the forfeiture OF unearned
lands; 10 add number OF cities to the
list of national bank reserve cities,
and to allow part of the service to
be held in cities other than New York ;
T the relief of settlers in the public
lands in Kansas and Nebraska; to
provide for bringing suits against the
government; for the erection OF public
buildings at Los Angeles, CAL, Spring.
fl I'D, Mo, Ell Paso, Tex, Santa Fe,
N. M. and Jefferson, Tex I; to increase
the limit OF cost Of public buildings al
Peoris, ILL.,, Galveston, Tex, Olalks'
burg, W. Va. .Ksokuk, ID, Ohatta-
nooga, Tenn, Detroit, Mich.
Tor the completion OF improve
nlent Of pubic buildings at Dallas,
Tex, Des Moine9, Ia. Jackson, Tenn.
and Hannibal, Mo-; for the purchase
OF additional ground for the build nl
at Fort Wayne, Ind. for the purct asI
If a site for f deral huildlng OF San
Franci CO, Gal. Forty II use Joint res
o utions became laws, the princip4
ones being introduced at the
present Congress: The Presiden
tial succession bill. devolving the
heirship to the Presidency upoL
/ members of the Cabinet, in the even
OF vacancy in the Office of the P esi
dsut and Vice President; the Culom
r agau bill to rsgul ,te interstate com
merce; for the retirement and TecOin
age Of the trade dollar (the redemp
ton note to come out of the monthly
bullion purchase) the electors
count bill; FIR the allotment O
lands in severalty to 1udiar 8
aud extending the protection O.
, the laws to Indians on the various res
ervations; to bidge the Arthur Kill
to repeal ths Tenure of Office act; Il
increase the annual appropriation (
!, the militia; TO establish agricultural
experiment stations; for the study Of
, the effects OF narcotics and intox can't
, in the public schools; to legallze the
Incorporation of trades unlops; au
thorizing the transmission OF weather
! reports through the mails I go of post
age; to increat the pension for loss o
an arm or leg; to indemnify the Chi
, nese for loss sus aimed by the Rock
Springs, Wy T., riots; for the relief O
Texas, Colorado, Oregon, Nebraska
California, Kansas, Nevada, Washing
ton Territory aud Idaho; for the set.
Element of accounts for arms between
: Montsna and the United states; es
tablishing a judicial district in Mon
taxa; to legsiEe the election of the
Territor al legislative Assembly o.
Wyoming; to relieve Colorado from
charges on account OF orduaucs stores
furnished the SVats and Territory; tC
: ralinquish the interests OF the United
: States in Ger ain lots to the city anC
: country OF San Francisco; provldiul
; for the settle nent Of the accounts OF the
Mobile and o 10 r ilroad Comuauy
direc Jog the O. mmis,ioner OF Labor tC
= make an Investie ga ion as TO convict
labor; authorizing the Secretary of the
Interior to use certain unPxpended
balances for thu relief OF the Northern
Cneyennes OF Wyoming; to suthoriss
; the President to protect American
fishing and trading vessels and Ameri
can fishermen in tansdian waters she
Senate retsliai m billy; authorizing
an investigation OF the books, methods
and accounts of the Pacific railroads,
: OF the total number OF bills which
passed the Senate 800 became LAVISH